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- description: The Great Dismal Swamp is an 84 000-ha forested wetland located on the Virginia-North Carolina border in the
southern Atlantic Coastal Plain of the United States .The organic soils of the swamp range in depth from 4 m in ancient drainage
channels to less than 0.3 m along the outer edges. Lake Drummond, approximately 4 km in diameter, is almost centrally located
within the swamp, which slopes gently to east and south. The flora of the Great Dismal Swamp includes individual species and
plant assemblages otherwise scattered widely to the north and south along the Coastal Plain . The canopy and subcanopy consist
of mixed evergreen and deciduous, broad-leaved and needle-leaved trees, and there are a variety of evergreen and deciduous
shrubs and vines. Anthropogenic disturbance of the natural vegetation has resulted in a wide diversity of wildlife habitats.;
abstract: The Great Dismal Swamp is an 84 000-ha forested wetland located on the Virginia-North Carolina border in the southern
Atlantic Coastal Plain of the United States .The organic soils of the swamp range in depth from 4 m in ancient drainage channels
to less than 0.3 m along the outer edges. Lake Drummond, approximately 4 km in diameter, is almost centrally located within
the swamp, which slopes gently to east and south. The flora of the Great Dismal Swamp includes individual species and plant
assemblages otherwise scattered widely to the north and south along the Coastal Plain . The canopy and subcanopy consist of
mixed evergreen and deciduous, broad-leaved and needle-leaved trees, and there are a variety of evergreen and deciduous shrubs
and vines. Anthropogenic disturbance of the natural vegetation has resulted in a wide diversity of wildlife habitats.
Citation
- Title The Great Dismal Swamp: An Illustrated Case Study.
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- creation Date
2018-05-19T06:49:06.954355
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2018-08-06T19:47:33Z
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on a transform by Damian Ulbricht. Run on 2018-08-06T19:47:33Z
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CINERGI Metadata catalog
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eng
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ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
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2007
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urn:dciso:metadataabout:2f2b33a8-9b2e-46f6-8812-753d64af4f63
Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)